Dear Pennies & Pens, As you all hopefully know, I published a book called #MakeUrPenLoud: How To Be a Lifestyle Blogger last year. Since I love you, my dear Pennies & Pens so much, I am about to share some FREE lifestyle blogging advice with you. Below, I have outlined the steps you should take […]

Dear Pennies & Pens, So while extremely hungover on New Year’s Day, I read #GirlBoss by Sophia Amoruso. For those that don’t know, Sophia is the Founder of Nasty Gal which is an online fashion retailer. Sophia has blown up over the past few years due to the success of Nasty Gal so I was […]

Dear Pennies & Pens, As you all know from one of my recent posts, Pen.Point: The Seasoned Traveler Presents Summer in the South, The InkSpot is producing a Summer travel series. Summer in the South is a blog series that chronicles our travels and adventures in the Southern region of the U.S. Summer in the South is about […]

Dear Pennies & Pens, Not many people know this because I’m not one to toot my own horn or brag about myself but I have been blogging for seven years now. I started with the now defunct blog, The Loudest Pen Ever in 2008. The Loudest Pen Ever was about 80s & 90s Hip-hop and […]

This post contains Press Samples Dear Pennies & Pens, It’s ya girl LoudPen here to officially announce the release of #MakeUrPenLOUD: How To Be A Lifestyle Blogger. I am SO excited right now! I honestly cannot believe this moment has come. I started writing the book in September and it is finally complete and available for […]

Dear Pennies & Pens, As you hopefully know, I’m in the process of publishing a book called #MakeUrPenLOUD. I previously talked about the book in this post: Press Pen: Flavor’s Night Out, The InkSpot, Jewels by Cacha`, and The Network. Today, I wanted to dedicate a post to the book because I’m sure y’all are wondering […]

This post contains Press Samples Dear Pennies & Pens, When I originally created de la Pen, it was to be a fashion blog. One of my first posts talks about my desire to break into the industry. However, over the years I’ve realized that while I love fashion, I prefer to create lifestyle content. In […]

Dear Pennies & Pens, I’m so excited because this weekend, I’ll be attending Fashion X Dallas! Fashion X Dallas is a three day fashion event that will feature independent and emerging designers from Dallas and beyond. Fashion X Dallas will take place at the Fashion Industry Gallery Thursday, November 6 – Saturday, 8, 2014. Fashion X Dallas will […]

Hey Pennies & Pens, Lately, the question “where do I go from here?” has been on my mind all day everyday. Some of you may remember that I recently launched a crowdfunding campaign called Give LoudPen Ink. Unfortunately, I didn’t meet my goal in time and the campaign failed. Since then, I’ve been brainstorming what my […]